プレー

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English play.[1][2]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

プレー • (purē) 

  1. the playing of a game
  2. a match of a game or sport
  3. play, a theatrical performance
  4. the playing of an instrument or a musical performance

Verb

プレーする • (purē suru) suru (stem プレーし (purē suru shi), past プレーした (purē suru shita))

  1. play (have fun)
  2. have a sports match
  3. have a theatrical performance
  4. play an instrument

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pray.[2]

Noun

プレー • (purē) 

  1. prayer

Verb

プレーする • (purē suru) suru (stem プレーし (purē suru shi), past プレーした (purē suru shita))

  1. pray

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Phrae,[2] from Thai แพร่ (prɛ̂ɛ).

Proper noun

プレー • (Purē) 

  1. (~県) Phrae, a province in the northern of Thailand.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “プレー”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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